Thomas Colten McEnaney was shot and killed in Fayetteville, Arkansas; he died on February 6, 2024, at age 23. The next day a woman contacted the Fayetteville Police Department and said 32-year-old Zachary Clark had shot McEnaney and that the body was on Clark’s property. Officers went to Clark’s residence on East Huntsville Road; Clark surrendered, confessed, and led them to a barn where McEnaney’s body had been moved.

Clark told investigators he believed the shooting was a case of mistaken identity, a comment he described as the dumbest thing he had ever done. He was arrested and booked into the Washington County Detention Center on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence, with an initial court hearing set for February 9, 2024.

McEnaney, born September 15, 2000, in Springfield, Missouri, is survived by his parents, Thomas McEnaney and Sherrie Smith, and multiple siblings, family members, and friends who remembered his humor, faith, and intelligence. If anyone has information about what happened to Thomas, please share what you know with Fayetteville investigators.